"Richardson is a new American voice worth listening to.”--Peter Heller

Coming September 1st 2015--celebrate the pleasures of dirt

"There are 100 million to 1 billion bacterial cells in one teaspoon of healthy soil. Which reminds me of Leonardo da Vinci: 'We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.'” —Laura Pritchett

"Land, like the half-wrecked old house we had restored in the city, could be rehabilitated. There was, however, one big difference: a piece of land, unlike a house, would do most of the restoration work itself if we just gave it enough time." —Don Schueler

"We are all soil. We come from the same earth. Soil is life.Speak up for the land that feeds you." —Atina Diffley

Essayists include:

Vandana Shiva

Wes Jackson

Linda Hogan

Janisse Ray

Peter Heller

BK Loren

Bernd Heinrich

With a forward by Pam Houston

Just Released--an inspiring, practical anthology by and for cancer patients

"Think of this as a blanket permission slip to be mad, sad, scared, happy, empowered, confused, exhausted, up, down, furious and doubtful, but, most of all, use this as your permission slip to be hopeful." —Allison W. Gryphon

"One of the most unforeseen benefits of living with cancer is the intimacy it creates with individuals we barely know. Affections spring up with surprising force." —Susan Gubar

"I love so much around me with all of the pieces of my shattered heart." —Max Jennings

Essayists include:

Allison W. Gryphon

Rachel Naomi Remen

Susan Gubar

Molly Ivins

Alexander Niles

Paige DavisPaul Brenner

Nancy Novack

"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival."﻿—Rumi﻿

"GUEST HOUSE is perhaps the most rapid-fire novel of domestic hopeand strife you’re likely to read all summer." --Ben Fulton, the Salt Lake Tribune

"In this remarkably generous novel Barbara Richardson chronicles not only the betrayals and sorrows of the human heart, but the love and hope and caring that heals it."--Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses

"There is salvation here, and it happens in this addictively-readable and often hilarious novel." --Lisa Jones, author of Broken: A Love Story

"The one Oprah missed . . .A touching story of salvation that would do any book club proud."

Deepest thanks to David Sidwell for use of the banner photograph of the beautiful Bear River.